Critics Awards (Film)

With the BAFTA nominations just announced this week, we now have the list of actors nominated for all four major precursors: Critics’ Choice, Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA. Being a combination of industry and critics’ groups, the combination of these four are about as secure as you can be as an actor in the hunt for an Oscar …

Call Me By Your Name was the nomination leader from the Denver Film Critics Society today with seven mentions, including two in Original Song. Lady Bird was right behind with six and The Shape of Water came in with five. All received nominations for Best Film and Best Director. Dunkirk and Get Out, which both earned four nominations, also landed …

The National Society of Film Critics has chosen, in a very close vote, Lady Bird as the Best Picture of 2017. The win lined up with the New York Film Critics Circle, where there are many crossover members. Since the NSFC releases their vote totals (which every awards body should do), we know it won by just two points over Get …

The Alliance of Women Film Journalists has announced the nominees for the 2017 AWFJ EDA Awards. In its 11th annual awards season, the EDA Awards have 25 categories divided into three sections: the BEST OF AWARDS, FEMALE FOCUS AWARDS AND EDA SPECIAL MENTION AWARDS. Nominees in each category are determined by AWFJ members who submit nominating ballots. There are currently …

The Oklahoma Film Critics Circle have given Get Out their Best Film, Best First Feature Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Ensemble prizes. Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water), Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) and Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) took the acting awards. Here is the full list of winners and runners-up. BEST FILM …

Get Out has won another top prize from the critics, this time the North Carolina Film Critics Association. This brings the total Best Picture/Film wins for the horror-comedy to 10. The film also won Best Director and Original Screenplay, both for Jordan Peele. Even though Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri was the most-nominated film going in, it had to settle …

It’s the new year and we now enter what is essentially Phase II of awards season. The majority of critics’ groups have announced winners (or at least nominees) with some still to reveal this month. But January is where the heavy hitters land with the televised awards: The Golden Globes, Critics’ Choice and the Screen Actors Guild. It’s also when …

The 26 film critics and voting members of the Chicago Independent Film Critics Circle completed their final ballots in 21 categories for their second annual CIFCC Awards. Leading all films with four awards is Get Out from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, including three awards for Jordan Peele and his many hats. A24’s Lady Bird from director Greta Gerwig follows …

After earning six nominations from the Online Film Critics Society earlier this month, Get Out has emerged as the group’s Best Picture of 2017, also grabbing the Original Screenplay prize for Jordan Peele and a runner-up in Best Director (also Peele), Best Actor and Best Breakthrough (both Daniel Kaluuya). Dunkirk won two of its four nominations, Best Director for Christopher …

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri led the North Carolina Film Critics Association nominations with six today, with an added prize of the Ken Hanke Memorial Tar Heel Award which recognizes films or performers with a special connection to North Carolina. The film earned all top nominations including Best Film, Director, Actress and double Supporting Actor nods. Right behind were The Post …

2020 Best Picture Predictions

1917 (Universal) December 25
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Sony/Columbia) November 22
Ford v. Ferrari (20th Century Fox) November 15
Harriet (Focus Features) November 1
The Irishman (Netflix)
Jojo Rabbit (Fox Searchlight) October 18
Just Mercy (Warner Bros.) January 17, 2020
The Laundromat (Netflix)
Little Women (Sony/Columbia) December 25
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (Sony/Columbia) July 26

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